Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...union's till, and voted retroactive approval of that. John had merely to suggest that the U.M.W.'s $13 million bankroll ought to be bolstered so that he could have more "available funds in a crisis." With audible grumbles, the delegates voted to boost their dues from an average $2 to $4 a month. But gratefully, they raised the Champ's salary from $25,000 to $50,000 a year...
...everything didn't look sour enough for the outcome of the still-distant Yale meet, Mikkola's immediate clashes with Tufts, led by Olympic-trained Ted Vogel, Holy Cross, and then Rhode Island surely won't boost morale...
Heavy Freight. The railroads, whose freight rates have gone up 41 to 43% since war's end, will ask ICC for another 8% boost, railroad traffic executives decided at a Chicago meeting. If granted, the increase would add another $400 million to the nation's freight bill. (The total increase so far: $2.1 to $2.5 billion...
...domestic airways, the lines were trying various cut-rate dodges to boost passenger traffic...
...instrument landings with G.C.A., the U.S. Air Force this week gave Gilfillan Brothers a new $6,000,000 contract for 30 additional installations. (The Air Force now operates 92.) By year's end, Gilfillan expected to triple its gross (from $4,600,000 to $13 million), boost employment from...